RM Vivas
US Veteran
I'm trying to find more shelf space in my archive/library/study/office/lair.
One of the things that occupies several feet of this valuable real estate is my collection of American Rifleman magazines.
I've finally managed to put together a collection of every issue from 1923 onward. It is a useful resource.
Originally, I had the loose individual magazines stored in plastic sleeves in a separate binder for each year. Over the years, I acquired professionally bound copies that occupy less space and are in better condition. This was not an inexpensive process, but labors of love are seldom done on a shoestring budget.
This left a question: what to do with the now redundant copies of the magazines?
I figure that since I have the bound editions I can sell the magazines and likely that's what I will do.
One issue that has cropped up though is that it is MUCH easier to scan things from the magazines than from the bound editions.
The result is that now, when I pull a years worth of magazines off the shelf, I'll flip through them and scan anything that catches my fancy or that I think will be useful.
Which brings me to the subject of this post.
Everyone is familiar with the classic Colt "Fitz" revolvers; guns with the triggerguard cut away, hammer bobbed, sights rounded, etc.
I came across an article on a fellow who "Fitz"-ed a S&W Triple Lock!
Even in the article he describes the cutting and modifying as "butchering" and conceded that it is a painful sight for Triple Lock aficionados to behold.
Having said that, the final project is pretty keen tho!
Best,
RM Vivas
American Rifleman March 1935
One of the things that occupies several feet of this valuable real estate is my collection of American Rifleman magazines.
I've finally managed to put together a collection of every issue from 1923 onward. It is a useful resource.
Originally, I had the loose individual magazines stored in plastic sleeves in a separate binder for each year. Over the years, I acquired professionally bound copies that occupy less space and are in better condition. This was not an inexpensive process, but labors of love are seldom done on a shoestring budget.
This left a question: what to do with the now redundant copies of the magazines?
I figure that since I have the bound editions I can sell the magazines and likely that's what I will do.
One issue that has cropped up though is that it is MUCH easier to scan things from the magazines than from the bound editions.
The result is that now, when I pull a years worth of magazines off the shelf, I'll flip through them and scan anything that catches my fancy or that I think will be useful.
Which brings me to the subject of this post.
Everyone is familiar with the classic Colt "Fitz" revolvers; guns with the triggerguard cut away, hammer bobbed, sights rounded, etc.
I came across an article on a fellow who "Fitz"-ed a S&W Triple Lock!
Even in the article he describes the cutting and modifying as "butchering" and conceded that it is a painful sight for Triple Lock aficionados to behold.
Having said that, the final project is pretty keen tho!
Best,
RM Vivas
American Rifleman March 1935
in Post 22----
